“Christ has himself declared that the manifestations we might have of the Spirit of Christ, or from a visitation of an angel, a tangible resurrected being, would not leave the impression and would not convince us and place within us that something which we cannot get away from which we receive through a manifestation of the Holy Ghost. Personal visitations might become dim as time goes on, but this guidance of the Holy Ghost is renewed and continued, day after day, year after year, if we live to be worthy of it” (Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 1:44).
How close at hand is the “kingdom of hea ven”? (5:50) “The ultimate fulfillment of these prophetic words is the establishment of the millennial kingdom, that time when Christ will come in glory, might, majesty, power, and dominion to rule and reign as Lord of lords and King of kings. In a limited sense, however, the kingdom of God would come when Jesus would come to earth in fourscore years’ time. In another sense the coming of the heavenly kingdom is equally close for men of all ages. This is so because those who live well, those who choose to repent and honor their God and his Christ—irrespective of when they lived or how long they lived—will obtain citizenship in the heavenly kingdom hereafter” (McConkie and Millet, Doctrinal Commentary, 43).